Dan Santat has written yet another amazing picture book, this one about how Humpty Dumpty is faring after his infamous fall. Humpty tells us that even though all the kings' men managed to put him back together, there were some parts of him that couldn't be fixed with bandages and glue. After reading, we realized that the part that couldn't be fixed was his fear of heights. He says he used to love climbing up the wall to watch the birds fly by, but since his fall he hasn't had the courage to climb up. So instead he makes a paper airplane resembling a bird, and flies it high in the sky. Where does it land? On top of "the" wall. He worked really hard on the airplane, so he decides to face his fears and climbs the ladder way up to the wall.
The timing was great for reading this book to 4A, since we had just come from mass. Fr. Joe handed out erasers to all the students yesterday, telling them that everyone makes mistakes but we can erase them and make things better. We just have to keep trying. The same lesson Humpty learned--keep trying, be persistent, and you can do anything! The ending of the story is satisfying and surprising!
After we read I had some students design their own paper airplanes, decorated like an animal of their choosing. Other students were asked to build a wall like in the story, either out of Lincoln Logs or Legos. 
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